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Irish Student-Athletes Again Rank Number One In 2012 NCAA GSR for Football, Basketball, HockeyUniversity of Notre Dame athletic programs again rank as the best in the country in graduation rates.

Oct. 25, 2012

Irish Student-Athletes Again Rank Number One In 2012 NCAA GSR for Football, Basketball, Hockey

University of Notre Dame athletic programs again rank as the best in the country in graduation rates, based on Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figures released today by the NCAA--including first-place ratings in the sports of football, men's basketball, women's basketball and ice hockey.

Among the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision institutions, Notre Dame had the highest percentage of its sports with 100 percent scores (for the seventh time in eight years), with a .863 figure (19 of 22).

In football, Notre Dame achieved a 97 GSR rating for the highest figure among FBS schools (tied with Northwestern). Here are the FBS institutions with scores of 80 or higher in the football category:

Score

Institution

97

Notre Dame, Northwestern

94

Boston College, Miami (Fla.)

93

Rice

92

Duke

91

Penn State, Rutgers

90

Stanford

88

U.S. Military Academy

87

U.S. Naval Academy

86

Wake Forest. U.S. Air Force Academy

85

Vanderbilt

84

Miami (Ohio)

83

Northern Illinois

82

Iowa

81

Boise State, Central Florida

80

Utah State

In men's basketball, Notre Dame achieved a perfect 100 GSR rating, with only Duke, Illinois, Kansas, Utah State, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Western Kentucky also reaching the top slot.

Here are the FBS institutions with men's basketball scores of 80 or higher in that category: